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The The Brazilian government is once again involved in a controversy associated with Nazism. This Sunday the Special Secretariat for Social Communication of the Presidency of the Republic (Secom) published a video on social networks with the aim of spreading Actions government in the fight pandemic of coronavirus, underlining that “part of the press insists on turning its back on the facts.”
The video begins by including various article titles from various media regarding how Jair Twitter has handled the crisis pandemic in Brazil, and then proceed with what he considers “the truth”: the Actions government to face the pandemic.
The motto that is at the center of the controversy appears at the end of the video. “Work, union and truth will set us free,” can be read.
The Brazilian press quickly realized the similarity between this slogan and the infamous Nazi inscription at the entrance to the concentration camps. “Arbeit macht frei “-” Free work “.
The communication secretary of the Brazilian government, Fábio. Wajngarten, he reacted to the comparisons with the Nazi inscription. “It is impressive, all government measures are deformed to adapt to narratives. In the campaign they used to do swastikas, now they use functional illiteracy to misinterpret a text and associate the government with Nazism, and I, the head of the Secom, I’m Jewish, “he said on Twitter.
“I abhor this type of scoundrel, especially in the difficult times we are going through,” he added. Wajngarten.
It is impressive: each measure of the government is deformed to adapt to the narratives. In the campaign, they made false swastikas; Now they use functional illiteracy to misinterpret a text and associate the government with Nazism, and I, the head of the SecomI am Jewish! pic.twitter.com / Q2GiWc5LKD
– Fabio Wajngarten (@fabiowoficial) May 10, 2020
I abhor this kind of scoundrel, especially in the difficult times we are going through. They forget the Jewish teachings received by me and a good part of my team, and the tradition of the work of the Jewish people to fight for their freedom. economic.
– Fabio Wajngarten (@fabiowoficial) May 10, 2020
Unfairly accusing Nazifascism takes the weight off the deadline. Yes all are NazifascistsNo one is, which is of great interest to criminals, who come to be seen as ordinary people. This is what some politicians and the media in search of focus At whatever price!
– Fabio Wajngarten (@fabiowoficial) May 10, 2020
However, this was only the most recent controversy by the Brazilian government with terms or references associated with Nazism. As the Folha de São Paulo newspaper recalls, last month, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ernesto Araújo, was criticized for having compared social isolation to combat the coronavirus concentration camps
Is in January, the Special Secretary for Culture, Roberto Alvim, was fired after publishing a video in which he paraphrased a speech by Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda minister.
The outbreak of coronavirus It is getting worse day by day. The most recent data indicates that 162,699 cases have already been registered and 11,123 people have died.
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